Burmeister & Wain Shipyard, Copenhagen, recently launched Yard No. 883, a 64,000-dwt Panamax bulk carrier of the yard's fuel-saving type. The vessel is being built for A/S Klaveness Chartering of Oslo, and is the third of a series of 17 vessels representing Burmeister & Wain Shipyard's current orderbook.
Due to the hull design with bulbous bow, an extremely flat-sectioned aftbody, and the installation of a two-stroke, long-stroke diesel engine having a performance of 12,600 bhp at 90 rpm, the vessels of this new type have a fuel oil consumption of only about 37 tons daily and an average speed of 15 knots. This represents an improvement in the fuel oil consumption of approximately 20 percent compared with many conventional bulk carriers of the same size.